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UK top choice for Hongkongers fleeing amid Beijing's draconian security la
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 18 (ANI): As the Chinese Communist Party continues to impose the draconian National Security Law (NSL), the UK comes across as an easy path to citizenship, according to Midland Immigration Consultancy.
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There's an urgent need to re-evaluate China, CCP over human rights violati
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 15 (ANI): Numerous academics, journalists and politicians have been arrested and detained for 'anti-patriotic activities' since China imposed a national security law in Hong Kong earlier this year, yet the matter has attracted little comment from the international c
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Hong Kong is becoming another Chinese-run communist city, says Pompeo
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 15 (ANI): Hong Kong is becoming just another Chinese-run communist city, US State Secretary Michael Pompeo said on Monday, adding that the United States has challenged the imprisonment of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai under the national security law.
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Police use water cannon against protesters in Paris, over 100 people detai
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Police in Paris have used a water cannon to disperse protesters on Saturday as rioters started to throw bottles and firecrackers at officers, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene.
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail after being charged with nati
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 13 (ANI): Jimmy Lai, the 73-year-old Hong Kong media tycoon and advocate for democracy, was denied bail on Saturday, after being charged with the draconian national security law.
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Activist, former lawmaker Leung Chung-hang flees Hong Kong, pitches for US
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 12 (ANI): Former Hong Kong lawmaker Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang has left the territory and is in the United States to press Washington for asylum to young Hongkongers.
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Pompeo slams China for charging Jimmy Lai under National Security Law
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Michael Pompeo slammed China for charging Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai under the draconian National Security Law and demanded that charges be dropped.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow denied bail by High Court
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 9 (ANI): A day after eight Hong Kong legislators were arrested for their involvement in pro-democracy protests across the region, activist Agnes Chow Ting has been denied bail pending her appeal of a 10-month prison sentence for her role in a siege of police headquarters
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Biden's aide 'deeply concerned' over China's assault on Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden's proposed National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that he was 'deeply concerned' about the imprisonment of pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong in wake of the draconian National Security Law imposed by the Chinese Comm
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Hong Kong police arrest 8 people including districts councillors over peac
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 7 (ANI): Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested eight people including two district councillors in connection with a peaceful pro-democracy demonstration last month on the Chinese University campus, Hong Kong Free Press reported citing local media.
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Over 60 people detained during anti-security law protests in France
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): French police have detained 64 people during the protests against the new security legislation across the country on Saturday, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said, adding that eight law enforcement officers were among the injured.
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22 detained during anti-security law protests in Paris
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 5 (ANI/Sputnik) French police have detained 22 people during the protests against the new security legislation in Paris on Saturday, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
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